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Laser Removal Of Growths Around The Anus

Virginia rates for HCPCS 46917

Destroys warts or similar small growths on and around the anus with a laser beam, which vaporizes them. It is used for a straightforward number of lesions rather than widespread disease. The treated skin scabs and heals over a few weeks.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Laser Removal Of Growths Around The Anus cost?

$2,980

Typical total for the visit. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,980 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$288$138 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$891 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $186 to $9,550Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $123 to $562
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $288

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$549.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$549.54
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$645.65
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$389.05

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Colorado than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Virginia· 11th of 51

$2,980

$288 physician + $2,692 facility

CO $4,763ND $853

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.